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IN KARACHI “water provision is “more lucrative than drugs”…competition for control of the city’s water includes water mafias and formal institutions…it is a source of intense economic and political competition.
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ANWAR ABBAS — Since my childhood, celebrating ‘Independence Day’ was always the most fascinating event. We used to hoist national flags at the rooftop of our home and small flags
Continue reading‘Independence Day’: With Hooligans on Roads, Without Rule of Law, Civility (Videos)
What does our national anthem mean in our national language Urdu, as the lyric is in Farsi (Persian)? A video share in January this year helped understand what the anthem’s
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PS: Back in Riyadh in 2013, I met two officers and gentlemen with whom I had an extremely honest, candid and insightful conversations. One of them, Mueen Anwar, a year
Continue readingNajane Kab: THIS Pic, the Song, and Jinnah’s Words (Video)
حضرت مظفر وارثی (رح) نے یہ نظم 1990 میں ایک سیاسی جلسے میں پڑھی تھی۔ جی آج سے 32 سال پہلے۔۔۔!“آزادی” کے 75 سال مبارک مرے وطن پہ مسلط ہیں
OCT 14, 2022; 1:15 AM — Ousted PM and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan announced Saturday at his rally in Lahore that he will launch a fresh round of
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IRSHAD SALIM — Pakistan’s Army Chief Gen. Bajwa says terrorism is a global threat and has the potential to destabilize the region, and therefore needs a well-coordinated response. He met
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Remembering Iqbal and Jinnah. Together, they are a high octane! اقبال اور جناح کو یاد کرنا۔ ایک ساتھ، ایک اعلی آکٹین ہیں Irshad Salim, Karachi (Aug. 10, 2022)
ISLAMABAD GOSSIP July 3, 2021; Irshad Salim — Khan Sahib’s almost 3-years of roller coaster ride is akin to the traditional Saas-Bahu-Beti relationship we at times see in some families
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ارشاد سلیم- اس بچی سے اسلام آباد کے ایک مرکز میں ملاقات ہوئی۔وہ انڈے بیچ رہی تھی۔ بھیک مانگنے کے بجائے جو کچھ بھی آپ کے وسائل ہیں انہیں خوش
Pakistani athlete Arshad Nadeem brought his country the first athletics medal at the Commonwealth Games since 1966, and a first javelin gold for the country since 1954. Nadeem finished fifth
First US Pakistani for Congress: More Americans of Pakistan-origin in Congress can influence US domestic and foreign policy in a way that would help their domestic constituency as well as
Continue readingWATCH: From a Village in Punjab to Washington